Who is Mindstorm based on? and What are Mindstorm's powers?

Who is Mindstorm based on? and what are Mindstorm’s powers? This is probably one of the most searched questions after the last episode of The Boys: Who is Mindstorm based on? and what are Mindstorm’s powers in the Boys?

If you are also looking for an answer to that question, you have managed to land on the right page.

This article will explain in detail what Minstrom’s powers are and the character from MCU from which he is based.

Who is Mindstorm based on?

Mindstorm is based on Charles Francis Xavier or Professor X from X-men.

We think Mindstorm is based on Professor X, and the reason behind that is very straightforward: Mindstorm has Powerful psychic abilities such as mental manipulation. He can easily trap someone in their subconscious mind with an endless nightmare.

But at the same time, Mindstorm doesn’t have any physical abilities such as enhanced strength and skills in hand-to-hand combats, so that is the reason why we think Mindstorm is based on Charles Xavier from Professor X.

Mindstorm’s powers and Charles Xavier, aka Professor X’s powers, are identical; hence, we think Mindstorm is based on Charles Xavier or Professor X from X-men.

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What are Mindstorm’s powers?

Mindstorm has the powerful psychic ability to trap anyone in an endless nightmare with just eye contact.

The same was explained by Soldier Boy on The Boys Season 3 Episode 7 in The Boys.

In Episode 7, while going against Mindstorm, Soldier Boy instructed Billy and Hughie not to make any eye contact with Mindstorm.

Cause once it is done, he will going to entrap them into an endless nightmare which then will show them their worst traumas of life (example: in the case of Billy Butcher, Mindstorm showed him the death of his younger brother).

Once the person is trapped, they will not escape the nightmare and will keep dreaming about the same traumas of their life until they die from dehydration.

This exact power Mindstorm used against Billy Butcher, and as a result, Butcher was trapped in an endless nightmare.

Billy dreamt about the heartaches of his brother Lenny from their early childhood.

It was revealed that Billy’s father, Sam Butcher, used to assault his kids to make them mentally and physically strong.

Whereas Billy got used to the trashing and beatings, Lenny, on the other hand, was weak and delicate.

He couldn’t endure the beatings and abuse of his father. So while Billy was there with him, he felt safe at home as Billy used to take most of the trashing from his father.

But later on, when Billy decided to join the armed forces and leave the toxic environment, Lenny pleaded with Billy and tried his best to stop his big brother from leaving home.

The reason is that Lenny knew if Billy left, he wouldn’t be able to endure the abuse and despair.

But Billy didn’t listen to his brother cause he was too self-centred then. He was desperate to leave the toxic family environment.

So, as a result, six months after Billy left, we see Lenny committing suicide as the torture he faced within those six months took a mental toll on him.

If it wasn’t for Hughie, who risked his life and went against Soldier Boy, teleported Mindstorm to where Billy was, and then begged him to save Butcher, the circumstances would have been different.

Who is Mindstorm based on? and What are Mindstorm's powers? — Who is Mindstorm based on? and What are Mindstorm’s powers? (Image Credit: Amazon Prime)

Apart from that, the Mindstorm can also do mental manipulation, which can later be used to his advantage.

The same we had witnessed in Episode 7 when Mindstorm did the mental manipulation against the Nun and the Priest in Episode 7 who attacked Hughie and Soldier Boy.

Mindstorm also used this power during the botched operation of Nicaragua.

He manipulated Soldier Boy’s mind and made him unconscious so that Crimson Countess could use the nerve agent and put Soldier Boy to sleep and hand him over to the Russians.

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